13.10
HeavyLimerick Racecourse Claiming Hurdle
- Prize money: £5130.43
- 2m 5f 0y
- 8 runners
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Runners: 8 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Light rain
Abandoned
Form: /40-73
Last run: 15 days
W: 11st 12lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 102
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 6 |
14th May 2026 Good 2m 3f 116y |
10st 12lb |
Nine-time point winner won three in a row earlier this year on heavy, claiming hurdles at Limerick and Naas plus a handicap chase at the former track; blowing hard after pulled-up in a Wexford novice last time; might find this trip sharp; blinkers. |
3/1 |
|
3 |
10th Apr 2026 Good To Yielding 3m 0f 0y |
11st 11lb |
Prolific pointer is on a four-timer after notching up wins in claiming hurdles at Limerick (2m5f, heavy) and Naas (2m6f, sft-hvy) and a handicap chase at Limerick (2m7f, heavy); has to prove his effectiveness on better ground, however. |
15/8 |
Abandoned
Form: 313-74
Last run: 65 days
W: 11st 4lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 104
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 4 |
26th May 2026 Good 2m 6f 28y |
11st 9lb |
Dual purpose; course Flat winner hasn't won a handicap hurdle since 2022 and made an inauspicious start for this yard when failing to beat a rival on the Flat at Limerick; will strip fitter now but others preferred. |
16/1 |
|
16th 7 (19) |
25th Apr 2026 Yielding To Soft 1m 3f 190y |
9st 11lb |
Dual-purpose veteran has won eight races including four on turf on the Flat; not a bad run on final start for Ian O'Connor in a Cork handicap hurdle in November; off since and entitled to need this on first run for Charles Coakley. |
22/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 4921P6 D
Last run: 16 days
W: 11st 4lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 108
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 5 |
29th Mar 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 5f 185y |
11st 6lb |
Bagged third career hurdles win at Navan in November (2m4f, soft to heavy) off 98; poor in four starts since; needs to bounce back. |
12/1 |
|
3rd 4 |
4th Mar 2026 Heavy 2m 6f 20y |
11st 0lb |
Bagged third career hurdles win at Navan in November (2m4f, soft to heavy) off 98; poor in three starts since (one over fences); needs to bounce back to his best and others better treated. |
8/1 |
|
7th 2 |
8th Feb 2026 Heavy 2m 5f 180y |
11st 10lb |
Won over 2m4f here in November (heavy), his third career win over hurdles; pulled up off 10lb higher back here next time (3m1f, sft-hvy) and then well beaten in a beginners' chase at Punchestown latest; needs to bounce back. |
8/1 |
Abandoned
Form: P-3U5P
Last run: 38 days
W: 11st 0lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
10th Feb 2026 Heavy 2m 5f 0y |
11st 0lb |
Maiden and novice hurdle winner for Willie Mullins in 2024; lost way for that stable and pulled up in a Thurles handicap chase on debut for this yard in December, his fourth non-completion in six starts; new headgear combination tried. |
6/1 |
|
4 |
25th Sep 2025 Yielding 2m 6f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Rated 130 over hurdles; never remotely dangerous when third on chase debut and was towards the rear when unseating four out at Galway (2m6f, good; first-time tongue-tie; 25-1); others appeal more, including stablemate Uncle Pat who was a lot shorter in the betting than him at Galway. |
14/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 23PP-P CD
Last run: 26 days
W: 10st 12lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 104
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11th 4 |
19th Apr 2026 Soft 2m 4f 110y |
11st 9lb |
Useful form at one stage but hasn't won in well over two years and pulled up in four of last five outings; new headgear combination tried. |
25/1 |
|
1 |
26th Feb 2026 Heavy 3m 0f 0y |
12st 0lb |
Useful form at one stage; pulled up on final two starts last season; same outcome on return to action at Tramore; tailed off in a handicap chase at Thurles three weeks ago. |
66/1 |
|
10th 9 |
5th Feb 2026 Soft 2m 2f 0y |
11st 5lb |
Pulled up on final two starts last season; same outcome on return to action at Tramore; seems safe to leave out of calculations. |
50/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 04108P C
Last run: 10 days
W: 10st 10lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 115
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 5 |
10th Feb 2026 Heavy 2m 5f 0y |
10st 10lb |
Five-time winner including two here over 2m; scored over 2m4f at Cork in November; well below that level in three starts since but could rebound now dropped into this grade. |
5/1 |
|
12 |
17th Jan 2026 Soft To Heavy 2m 4f 40y |
10st 12lb |
Won his fifth race over hurdles at Cork in November (2m4f, yielding); unfancied and struggled off revised mark in two runs following that; needs to return to form. |
33/1 |
Abandoned
Form: -28860
Last run: 27 days
W: 10st 10lb
7 yo Mare
OR: 96
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7 |
10th Feb 2026 Heavy 2m 5f 0y |
10st 8lb |
Runner up in a Tipperary maiden hurdle in May (2m1f, gd-yld) but has struggled in four handicap starts since; rated just 96 and looks to be up against it on these terms. |
12/1 |
|
3 |
24th Jul 2025 Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
11st 8lb |
Hasn't built on promise of 2m1f Tipperary maiden second in handicaps at Listowel and at Sligo on latest; dropped another 2lb and ought to be capable of better at some point. |
16/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 10719P D
Last run: 65 days
W: 10st 8lb
12 yo Gelding
OR: 126
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 2 |
28th Mar 2026 Good 2m 2f 148y Class 5 |
11st 10lb |
Scored over hurdles and fences for Eric McNamara in Ireland last summer; well beaten on both runs for his current yard recently, though he faced a very stiff task in the Plate at Cheltenham last time; back hurdling now with something to prove. |
8/1 |
|
21 |
10th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 2m 4f 44y Class 1 |
10st 4lb |
Four chase wins at up to about 2m4f on a range of surfaces but out of sorts since the latest of them, at Killarney in August, including for new yard on Friday; often wears cheekpieces, first-time blinkers now. |
100/1 |
|
7th 6 |
6th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 2m 3f 48y Class 3 |
11st 5lb |
Won a 2m1f handicap chase at Killarney last August but three heavy defeats since, with latest second remote in a claiming hurdle; first run for Syd Hosie. |
25/1 |
Verdict
Though he has been struggling over fences lately, LUCKINTHECITY is well-treated by these weights back over hurdles and can win if even close to his best. Embittered is also well-treated on these terms and won a similar event last year. Cafe Con Leche is another to consider. [Tyrone Molloy]
Selections
The Irish Sun:
Luckinthecity